Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.
I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero.
We are men without ambition, and all we want is to be left alone, in peace so that we can try and be happy. So few people will understand this simplicity.
Amidst one's daily clutter, one doesn't usually reflect on the splendour of being free because - naturally - one has to get on with the business of living.
Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money came my way, I'm certainly not going to say no. But it hasn't come my way as yet, and I'm not heartbroken.
I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.
Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.
I wanted to get it all down, maybe out of my system. I wanted to be able to say, Everything's possible-if you believe and can get excited.
Sometimes you just have the thin the herd.